Local Briefs: Metro

February 20, 2007|Staff Reports

SOUTH BENDSnow won't alter Ivy Tech, IUSB schedules Although Indiana public K-12 schools must make up every snow day, that isn't the case with public colleges. Neither Indiana University South Bend nor Ivy Tech Community College will alter the academic calendar to make up class time lost because of last week's snowstorm. Both IUSB and Ivy Tech canceled classes the evening of Feb. 13 and all day Feb. 14 because of heavy snow. At IUSB, there is no campuswide policy requiring that snow days be made up, according to campus spokeswoman Kathy Borlik. It is up to each professor to decide whether a class will be rescheduled. At Ivy Tech, students and faculty don't have to make up the class time, but they do have to make up the content missed, spokeswoman Tracie Davis said. SOUTH BENDMan reportedly robs business with ax A man armed with an ax reportedly robbed a west-side video store about 7:15 p.m. Monday. The man walked into Video Nueva Imagen at 2102 W. Western Ave. and threatened a female employee with the ax, police said. The assailant reportedly took money and fled west in a vehicle. No arrests have been made. Police recovered the ax outside the business. SOUTH BENDCommissioners to meet Wednesday The St. Joseph County Commissioners' meeting set for today has been rescheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday in the fourth-floor council chambers of the County-City Building. Board of Commissioners President Steve Ross said the meeting date was moved so that the commissioners could react to ordinances addressed by the County Council at its meeting today. The council meeting had been scheduled for last week but was postponed because of inclement weather and will be held at 7 p.m. today. SOUTH BENDWoman, 42, reports rape by acquaintance A 42-year-old woman reported being raped by an acquaintance Sunday night in a home in the 600 block of North Lawndale Avenue. The woman called officers about 8:30 p.m. and asked that they meet her at the suspect's home, where she told them the sex assault had taken place a few hours before, reports said. The victim told police she was meeting with the 28-year-old suspect to talk when he reportedly demanded sex and raped her. The suspect denied the assault and told police the victim was angry with him because the two were in a relationship and had just broken up. The victim was taken to a local hospital, but, for an unknown reason, reportedly left before receiving treatment. SOUTH BEND38-year-old woman reports carjacking A 38-year-old woman told police she was carjacked Saturday evening after trying to find marijuana with two strangers. The incident happened about 5:30 p.m. after the victim reportedly flagged down two men who told her they knew where to get drugs, according to reports. Near the intersection of High and Donald streets, the men allegedly pushed the victim to the ground and took her white 1999 Toyota Corolla. The vehicle was recovered Sunday afternoon near South and Rush streets and was taken to the police station for processing. SOUTH BENDND forum to discuss healing for women A group of University of Notre Dame students is hosting a two-day conference to address healing for women who have been victimized in body and spirit. Titled "The Edith Stein Project: Toward Integral Healing for Women and Culture," the conference will be Friday and Saturday in McKenna Hall on campus. The conference is free to Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College and Holy Cross College students and employees. (There is a $35 charge to attend the Saturday banquet.) The cost to attend the two-day conference is $125 per person for the general public, or $63 to attend Saturday only. Topics to be discussed include: modesty, sex, healing after abortion, violence against women, sexual assault, women and the media, pornography, contraception and eating disorders. For a complete list of events and speakers, and to register, see: https://marketplace.nd.edu/cce/The_Edith_Stein_Project_P216.cfm. SOUTH BENDSchools to hold 'Beast' auditions The South Bend Community School Corp. will conduct auditions for its summer theater production of "Beauty and the Beast" from 3:30 to 7 p.m. today and from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Clay High School. Each participant should prepare a one- to two-minute song. A piano accompanist will be provided. Performance dates for the show will be June 28, 29 and 30 in the Clay High School Auditorium. For more information, call director David Case at (574) 291-1811. NAPPANEEMissing teen mother, infant son found safe Nearly 12 hours after they were reported missing, a teen mother and baby boy were found safe in an Elkhart home Monday afternoon. Alma Ocampo, 14, and her 2-month-old son, Angel Ruelas, were last seen about 2 a.m. Monday in their foster home. They were reported missing about 3:45 a.m. Monday. With the help of family and friends, Alma was found at her sister's home in Elkhart, according to WSBT-TV. The two were unharmed, but it is unclear how they got there. Authorities were interviewing people possibly connected with the case late Monday afternoon. Alma and her son were placed in protective custody after Angel was released from Elkhart General Hospital with non-accidental trauma to his arm, according to authorities, who said the infant also was malnourished and sick, with bronchitis-like symptoms.